This is sort of a combination linux/WIN ME question. I purchased this computer with linux loaded onto the hard drive. I am not a fan of it as it is not user friendly and does not support alot of hardware. I checked on the how to remove linux on the microsoft webpage and need a linux setup disk i do not have. Where could i find this since using a WIN ME fdisk would not delete Linux

Windows ME refuses to delete Linux partitions, and you're complaining about Linux not being user friendly? Linux is user friendly unless you define user friendly as "behaves exactly like Windows". It's bad enough that you're asking for help installing Windows on the Linux forum, but why must you install the worst version of Windows ever made? I suspect Windows 2000 or XP would be able to delete those Linux partitions. Anyway, I'm most familiar with Gentoo, so I'd boot an x86 livecd, run the command "fdisk /dev/hda" (assuming you want to fdisk the primary master ATA drive), type "o" then enter, "w" then enter, and "reboot" after fdisk exits. Any Linux livecd or floppy should work, but I know Gentoo will drop you directly to a root shell with no extra effort.

Sounds good, i just dont have a linux setup cd or disk ..Where would i find those or could i , like windows.. have the option to make one ?

The link in my post above is to the CD I'd use. It's overkill at 58Mb, but it's the only bootable Linux for which I can give exact steps. If you had a Linux machine with a CD burner, I could tell you exactly how to burn the ISO with free software that would likely be installed by default. Since you're using Windows, you'll have to figure that out for yourself or wait for more responses. I know Nero has the option somewhere. Don't just put the ISO file on a data CD. That won't work. You could use burn at once, a simple Windows interface for the same software I'd recommend in Linux. But again, I can't give you exact steps because I don't have Windows on any of my machines.

Actually, you can use Windows's fdisk to remove the Linux partition. 1. Boot up your computer using a DOS bootable floppy. 2. At the prompt type: fdisk 3. Follow through the fdisk instructions to delet all the linux partitions. Dont forget to set your primary partition to "active" during the fdisking. 4. When done the fdisk-ing, get out and reboot using the same floppy disk. 5. At the prompt, type: fdisk /mbr That should do the job. Now you can start installing your Windows. -- PS. I get this from MS site, which I think you might have missed: How to Remove Linux and Install Windows You can also use an MS-DOS version 5.0-or-later boot disk, a Microsoft Windows 95 Startup disk, or a Microsoft Windows 98 Startup disk that contains the Fdisk utility to remove an operating system from the hard disk and install a different operating system. When you start Fdisk and multiple drives are installed on your computer, you are presented with five choices; use option 5 to select the hard disk that has the partition to be deleted. After that (or if you have only one hard disk), select option 3 (Delete partition or logical DOS drive), and then select option 4 (Delete non-DOS partition). You should then see the non-MS-DOS partitions that you want to delete. Typically, the Linux operating system has two non-MS-DOS partitions, but there may be more. After you delete one partition, use the same steps to delete any other appropriate non-MS-DOS partitions. source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314458

fdisk /mbr the problem is the linux boot loader remains even after you remove the linux partition you need to clear your boot sector plain fdisk does not do this you need to execute fdisk with the parameter fdisk /mbr this will wipe it clean and allow windows to write your boot sector properly